Finally Nice Out

Well it has finally been two days back to back nice enough to run outside.  There is just something about running through the neighborhood not counting laps around a track that makes it seem so much easier.  Yesterday was to be a cross training day or run 2 miles but to make up some for missing Sunday, I ran 4 miles in just under 39 mins.  I was going to do 4.5 but there was a giant hill in front of me right at 4 and decided not to kill myself for todays 3.5 mile run.   I really like doing the out and back route as I know once I turn around exactly how far I have to go not having to wonder about times or distance; I'm done when I get back to my place.  The run felt good, lower legs were a little sore but otherwise it went faster than I thought I was going.  Hadn't put a weight down this week because I wanted to show a loss and so this morning I was at 296.6 and I'm using that for my weigh in this week.  I've got to take it easy on the weekends and cutting out drinking may be the key to some of it.  I enjoy having beers with friends and look forward to it all the time but it gets me in trouble and so I've either got to start cutting it out some until I can control myself better or I'm going to be stuck spinning my wheels here.

Rough Day

Yesterday was an all around tough day.  First work was hectic and non stop meetings which led to a quick late lunch which didn't tie in well to my run.  I had hoped to get in 4-4.5 instead of the schedule 3.5 to make up some for missing Sundays run.  As I started running I knew this wasn't going to be a good idea.  I felt sick to my stomach the entire run but I did manage to get in 3.6 miles in 37 mins.  Today is typically cross training or 2 miles but I'm going to get in the 4-4.5 miles I was thinking about doing yesterday to make sure I stay on track with the running being that yesterday was my first run in 3 days.

Chicago

Well this weekend was a great time but a bust for my diet and fitness.  Although I got my workout in earlier on friday so I wouldn't miss it Saturday,  I wasn't able to get my run in on Sunday.  Saturday involved driving to Chicago and meeting up with a friend to go out for the night.  We were all over the city on Saturday night.  On Sunday my friend convinced me to skip my run because they wanted to explore the city and truthfully so did I because I had never really visited Chicago before.  We hit up the Sears tower, Gino's Pizza, saw Soldier field, the bean, millenium park, etc.  It was a great time and I don't regret it.  Then I went to the Volbeat concert at the House of Blues (entire purpose of the trip).  Then on Monday we headed home.  By the time we got back I was exhausted and really didn't feel like make up the run on my planned day off.  I didn't eat very well over the weekend and consumed plenty of beers but had a great time.  I did fall back on the scale staying exactly where I was last week and really only missed one workout but I plan to make up for it today by running extra this week.  Hopefully next week will show a bigger drop.  I'd really like to permanently make my way into the 2's.

Getting ready for Chicago

I'm very excited for this weekend but I have to keep in mind to stay healthy and still have a good time.  One of my favorite bands, Volbeat, is coming to the House of Blues, and I'll be driving there with my friend Dan (from the 5k).  Got really lucky too and used Priceline for the first time ever and got a sweet 4 star in downtown Chicago for my first $80 bid.  I was always too nervous to use the site because I have a hard time committing to something I don't know all the details of, but I'm working on it.  So the plan as of right now is to leave for Chicago on Saturday and come back Monday as the concert is Sunday night.  Which means I'll be there on my scheduled long run for the week and I've been looking around for a good spot to run 4-4.5 miles and it looks like I'm fairly close to a large park so that might work out well.   Yesterday was to be an easy 3 miler but I got it in my head that I wanted to do 3.5 (I know huge stretch huh).  It was more about just pushing myself to go above and beyond what is expected of me.  I did it in around 35 mins so I wasn't running real hard and I had to run on the dreaded track because its still cold out, but I did it.  One big mistake I made yesterday was to run that when I had missed lunch and only ate a bagel earlier that morning. I had no energy what-so-ever but I'm still alive and ate good last night with a burrito bowl from Chipotle.  My calories were probably too low yesterday but hey the scale looked nice this morning and if I stay healthy this weekend I may post a 4-5 drop which could put me @ 30 lbs down in less than 3 months and I won't complain about that.  It's not as fast as I would hope, and certainly doesn't compare to Travis C. or Bendoeslife but I'm just happy that I'm becoming healthier and this is turning into more of a drive to run a half marathon than a drive to lose weight.

Swimming is harder than it looks

So yesterday was cross training day and I thought I'd take advantage of that and get a little more mileage on the vibrams to build up the muscles slowly without interrupting my half marathon training runs.  I put on about 3/4 mile and felt pretty good.  I felt a little more pounding yesterday than on Monday but overall it was good.  Then I went swimming for 30 mins.  I must admit I've always been able to swim but I'm by no means a good swimmer and so lap swimming is very difficult and quite the workout right now.  I assume I'll get better with time but I did about 15 laps in 30 mins and was exhausted.  Scale is down a little but not much.  I really need to look at what I'm eating, might do a log for a couple days because I'm just not dropping the weight I would expect for the effort I'm putting in at the gym.  Today is an easy 3 miler, might go 3.5 just to get ready for the long run this weekend.

Minnesota in March = Depression

Every year this state does it and every year we fall for it.  Just when you think spring is here and things are getting better, you get a big snow storm that screws everything up.  Up until last night, almost all the snow on the ground was gone and the streets were getting clean of all the salt and sand through out for drivers in the winter.  Then I wake up this morning to at least 4 inches of snow, a complete mess on the roads because there didn't seem to be any plows out, and driving winds so its hard to see as if the snow wasn't bad enough.  UGH!

Yesterday I hit the gym for my easy 3 miles as prescribed.  Decided to use the regular shoes not the vibrams because I didn't want to stop part way through to change shoes and didn't want to over do it in them.  Got 3 in on the track in just under 30 mins.  Looks like me and the track will have to become friends again, at least for another couple weeks until I can get outside again.

Total Distance

Just was checking out MapMyRun where I've recorded everything I've done so far and I didn't realize it, but I cleared the 100 mile mark last week and am now at 111 miles total since I started.  I would never have thought I could put that many miles down in just over 2 months but I'm very happy I did.

New Shoes

So yesterday was supposed to be a rest day/strength training day.  I had decided earlier that day after seeing a special @ REI that I was going to get a pair of Vibram Five Finger shoes.  My good friend has been running in them and absolutely loves them.  I know you are suppose to take it really easy when first getting them and warming up to them.  They are supposed to switch your running style to a barefoot type forefoot landing and help eliminate injuries.  They are also suppose to improve running form and make you an overall better runner.  Being that it was a recovery day and I'm suppose to start slow, I only went a mile in them but without really pushing myself at all I ran under a 9 min/mi which is faster that I normally run and they felt great.  I threw in some upper body lifting and core and called it a day.  Below is what they look like.  They are the Trek Sport version.

I hate the scale

Ok so I didn't have a great weigh in this morning, not bad just not what I hoped for.  Although I didn't eat that great this weekend (which is becoming a problem that I need to get ahold of), I did work my ass off running 7 miles and swimming for 30 mins in 3 days.  I didn't gain just think the scale has it out for me. I really wanted to be able to mark a weigh in into the 200's but instead I got 300.0.  Ugh.  Oh well at least it went down.  Gotta work harder and not give in to easy temptations.  Still feel great about the 4 miler yesterday.  This week is another 4 miler then a 5 miler next week. 

A New Personal Record

So, first I had to move my thursday run to friday and so I did 3 miles in like 31 mins.  Yesterday I punched out 35 mins in the pool.  I was trying to count my laps so I brought coins.  I got 13 laps in and then they made me switch to swimming across the pool the short way because they normally open the lap pool up for the kids even though they have a huge pool on the other side with water slides and everything else apparently that isn't enough. So myself and about 4 other people had to stop lap swimming so 6 kids and some older women could splash around in the lap pool because they apparently couldn't in the other pool.  Anyways rant over, went 10 laps across the pools which I estimated at 25 meters for a lap so I got about 800m not sure if that is a good pace.  And it was really about 30mins because of have to stop and adjust.

Then came today.  I was worried because its the first long run of the training program and I had never run 4 miles straight.  But now I can say I have.  I did 4 miles in 39.5 mins and feel great right now.  It isn't the nicest day out, very cloudy and gloomy and not real warm but I feel like a million bucks now.

X-training day

So I had the option of a 2 mile run today or cross training for 30 mins.  I choose the longer workout and with a recently purchased pair of trunks I jumped in the pool.  I haven't gone swimming in forever, mainly because I'm overweight but also because I haven't gone out and gotten a pair of swim trunks that fit in probably 5 years.  I was mainly doing the front crawl and did a few laps of breast stroke.  At first I was going to fast and was wearing myself out at the end of each lap.  Then I timed myself to see how long each length of the pool was taking and it was right around 35 seconds.  I knew that was way too fast for 25m and started doing some math in my head to slow myself down to a pace that would be good enough to finish the limited time Ironman swim.  Now I can't go that far for that long but I probably could keep that pace for about 30 mins.  That is just over 77 laps and with a time limit of 2 hrs 20 mins, That puts me at just under 2 mins per lap.  Once I slowed down to this pace I was able to keep swimming fairly continuously.  It was a tough workout but I enjoyed it and am looking forward to swimming being my cross training from now on. 

Around the Lake

Well it wasn't really around the lake but more across the lake that I ran.  Yesterday was an easy 3 miler according to the training plan and thats what I did.  Most of the paths were pretty well cleared off, however, I was very sore from lifting on Monday so my time was kinda slow.  I also didn't quite make it the full 3 miles because I didn't read my GPS tracker right and went off the foot pod which I'm beginning to see is off by about 10% but I found the screen that shows GPS distance not foot pod distance.  Anyways it was a good run and its supposed to be super nice the rest of the week so I'm looking forward to running some more outside.

BTW, I really appreciate all the comments and they do provide some motivation to know I'd be letting some people down besides myself if I don't get out and run.

Something I haven't mentioned

Yesterday was the beginning of the Hal Higdon Half marathon training.  The novice program is setup to be 12 weeks long.  I don't have a race planned but I'm still doing the training anyways because I want to be able to run that far first.  So Mondays are either a rest day or strength training day and so instead of slacking I went and did some weights.  Nothing too crazy but I can feel it today.  I'm looking forward to building myself up and although my weight is still a focus mainly so I continue to be mindful of what I eat.  I believe that with time and discipline to this program it will come. 

One thing I don't think I've talked about much on here is that I have sleep apnea.  I wanted to get tested for it right out of college but the doctor didn't really think it was necessary.  Then after a couple years and being at the point where everyday was a struggle to get up and make it through the entire day without being completely exhausted I got tested.  I was moderate to severe and needed a CPAP machine.  That was in November 2009.  I thought I would have all this energy and be ready to attack my weight issues but I didn't and the machine while working some was still not making me feel how I knew I should feel.  I had another sleep study in October 2010 and my pressure needed had gone up (and so had my weight) and from some research I had done online, I asked the doctor to prescribe an AutoPAP machine which adjust the pressure throughout the night.  Since then I've felt great and it really makes a difference in being able to workout.  I have the energy to attack it at the end of the day which I never had before.  I hope to get rid of the sleep machine someday and it looks like with my weight loss that is already beginning to happen.  I originally was a pressure of 11 when diagnosed and after my second sleep study I was a 14 and the autopap would go higher than that sometimes.  Since beginning to workout and lose weight the autopap has been lowering the pressure and as of this morning it was a 9.8.  That is a huge difference.  Also I measured my resting heart rate yesterday and it was a 51.  It has never been that low as far as I know and from what I read the less your heart has to beat, the less stress on it and over the course of a life the longer it will last.

5k Recap

Ok I got everything ready the night before and went to bed early, especially for a Friday.  Woke up around 6:45 the next day and felt ready to go.  Let the dog outside and realized it was crazy cold.  Now I knew it was suppose to be cold but didn't expect this.  Got layered up with about 3 compression shirts and a pair of under armour leggings and borrowed a pair of gloves from my friend.  We got there earlier enough to find parking which took forever as it is a tight neighborhood and there were a ton of people running.  The temperature was about 20 degrees with a windchill around 5.  The 10 mile portion started at 9 sharp and the 5k was at 9:15.  It was cold standing around waiting to run.

The 10 mile left and we started piling into the chute for the 5k which was very narrow.  At the start there was walking for quite a ways.  It probably took at least 0.1 to 0.2 miles before it was clear enough to run at my normal pace.  I started passing a lot of people and felt good about not really getting passed much.  The night before it snowed a few inches and that had already been churned into a sand like chop along the path by the 10 miler and so it was tough to run and have good footing so my legs were getting tired.  At this point I was actually doing about 8:40 min/mile due to some adrenaline except for the first part of walking/slow running.  Then I hit the first hill and it sucked.  At the top of the hill I saw the 1 mile marker and got some energy but coming down was a log jam since it was very slippery.  Up to this point I have been zig zagging through the crowd of people which was getting tough on my legs as each one was like a little mini sprint to get ahead of them.  At the end of the hill it started to open up and I was mainly around people going my pace.

The mile 2 marker seemed to be taking forever to come up and my legs were getting very sore.  Then I started passing people who had run up ahead of me and now had to walk because they were too tired.  I wasn't going to let that happen to me so I slowed down some.  My friend was running right around me up to this point but was up ahead of me now and actually gave me something to keep trying to catch up to.  This was a very easy run for him and so he was just keeping pace with me.  We passed mile 2 and looking across the lake we were running around I could see the finish line and got some adrenaline pumping.

Mile 3 was going pretty fast and I could see myself getting closer to the finish line.  Little did I know there was another killer hill coming up and a little detour so mile 3 was going to be longer than I thought.  I felt like I wasn't going to make it up the hill but a good song came on and I kept going all the while my friend was just holding on trying to keep me going.  I got up the hill and went down the small decline and saw we were on the straight away of about 0.1 miles left and with what I had left I decided to sprint through the finish line.  Getting close to the finish line, I saw someone in an Aaron Rodgers jersey running and as I've said before, I HATE the packers especially him so I ran even a little faster just to beat that person to the finish line and I did.  It felt great to finish and I was not even thinking about the cold. 

I took this picture with my friend and then the cold set in and we had to get back to the car quickly.  My heart was still pumping but the my sweat was now freezing.  We got back to the car went home, showered up and went out to an after party they had at an Irish bar nearby.  It was a great experience.

When I got home I weighed myself, which I probably do too much but:

This is what I saw.  Granted it was post race and I hadn't rehydrated totally but I'll take it. :p  Its been a few years since I've seen that 2 in front and although I knew it was short lived, I almost was there this morning.  I was at 300.6 and almost full 25 down.

Today is the beginning of my half marathon training and involves me doing some strength but no running.  It is the Hal Higdon program for novice half marathons.  I'm looking forward to the training and getting up into the longer distances.  The weather is getting nice out and I'll be doing most of my running outdoors.

5k: Check More to Come: Check

Short post real quick, I finished the 5k in 30:59 and ran the whole thing.  There were a few hills that killed me and the fact that it snowed about an inch last night (which was all soft and churned up on the course), it was 20 degrees out, and there was a 20mph wind so it was 5 degree wind chill.  I am very happy about my run, I didn't quit, my best friend ran it with me and pushed me along the whole way without even saying a word.  He was just running about 30 ft ahead of me and it was enough to keep pushing.  Also I think I could have had a much better time but it took 2.5 mins before we went to walking out of the gate to running somewhat normal and even then there was a lot of zig zagging.  I did it though and it felt great and now I'm going to train for a half marathon.  I've decided to start monday using Hal Higdons program and hopefully in 12 weeks I'll be able to put that notch on my belt.  Now off for a celebratory beer.

I've been boring

I realize I've been a little boring (even thought no one probably read this too much :D), so I decided to take a picture and add it today.  Got a cold outdoor run in yesterday, took it pretty easy and did 2.5 miles in 24 mins with a few nice hills in there.  My legs aren't tired today and I'm taking tonight off to prepare for tomorrow morning, Race Day!  I've decided that immediately after this race (by that I mean Sunday or Monday), I'm going to begin training for a 10k.  I'm nervous about that distance but being that spring is coming (eventually) I will be able to run outside and I can already do 35 mins just gotta push it up to 60-70 mins.  I'd really like to try running one of these by May or June and then in the back of my mind I have the aspiration to run a half marathon by the end of the summer.  Scale is sitting strong at about 301.5 this morning so I don't forsee getting below 300 by tomorrow due to the lack of exercise today but you never know.  Below is just a shot of me at work.

I didn't get a run in yesterday because I was going to the Irish Comedy Tour and wanted to get a few things done between work and that.  I'm planning to go today after going to get my stuff for the 5k on Saturday.  I'm really looking forward to this 1) Because its my first race ever 2) I'm getting antsy to start extending my training to a 10k.  I've held back some on the distance because I wanted to make sure I was good at the 5k and didn't get injured so I could do it, but after this with daylight savings coming and some nicer weather I'm looking forward to running outside and kicking the distances into high gear and maybe even run a half - marathon before the end of the summer.  One thing that was pretty cool to hear came from my roommate who is a fast runner and has done a few marathons was "I didn't realize you could get going that fast."  Felt good to hear that especially because he saw me at almost the end of my 5k run.

Forgot to add that the scale also ticked down today.  I know I probably look at it way too much but when I'm looking for some motivation and it goes down it really helps.  Soooo, I was at 301.8 today.  Hoping to get under 300 for the race.  I'm not sure why but lets go with on that day, I'll be doing something for the first time (5k) that I plan to do I'm going to do the rest of my life and I'll be out of the 300's and will never see them again the rest of my life.

Ready for the race

Yesterday was a great day.  I was driving home and looked down at my temperature gauge only to see that it was 41 out and figured if there was ever going to be a day to get a run outside in before the race it was now.  I've had worries that my stride sensor was not being accurate but its tough to tell on the indoor track.  So yesterday I turned on the GPS and ran.  I went the full 5k and did it in 28:56.  Thats right it was even faster than I had run indoors and that was with a pretty decent hill to climb on the way back.  The first half was in 14 mins so I figure I can maybe even hit 28 on the 5k because it is a flat course and that hill on the way back took a lot out of me and probably dropped me the extra minute.  But the run felt great and gave me a ton of confidence.  Normally I have to have water every mile as well when on the track because I get so dried out and I ran with a camelbak yesterday and didn't have to touch it once.  Hopefully the weather will keep nice for the run and thankfully we are only getting an inch or two of snow which had once been predicted to be 8-10 inches.  I can't wait for the race but for now I know I've run a for sure 5k faster than I wanted to and it can only get better from here.

Side note I had dinner with my parents who I hadn't seen in a while and they were pointing out how good I looked and could tell how much I'd lost weight.  And even though it their obligatory response, it still felt good to hear.  Its harder for those around you to really see a difference but when someone knows you well and hasn't seen you in a little while they can really see it.  I'm not quite seeing it yet but I know its there and I need to take some pictures and post them here.  I took some in the beginning of February and I'll take some tomorrow and try to get them posted.  I know its there because my shirts are looser, my pants fit better, and the 3XL shirt that kind of kicked this whole thing is now too big on me.

Work is getting hectic

So the day has been a complete loss as far as actually getting work done.  Between meetings and training I am fried.  I'm getting tons dumped on me and I had to take a break to write for the day.  Yesterday was a tough workout because I am coming off the cold but I was able to run 35 mins straight which according to the stride sensor was 3.7 miles.  It wasn't my favorite run ever but I felt good afterwards and was glad I did it.  I plan to do the same run today.  I'm really hoping my stride sensor isn't off by much when I go run that 5k because  I have kind of settle on what I think my pace is and would really like to beat 30 mins which I can do right now every time but if the sensor is off by like 10% or something then I may not make it.  We'll see...

Scale ticked down today and I'm vowing to eat good this weekend so I can get under the 300+ mark and into the 2's never to go back.  To be honest I've told some of my friends what I weighed when I started and was ashamed.  They didn't believe me at first because of how I carry my weight and thought I was like 265 but I am still much bigger than that even after losing 20+ lbs.  I'm trying not to let my weight get too much in the way of my running motivation because I know if I keep running (without eating like a fool), it will come off and I'll be a better runner/more fit person in the end.  But right now its the only thing I have that I can watch.  After this 5k, I'm going to begin training for a 10k and by increasing my times and maybe speed I'll have something else to watch.  However, being a better runner is hard to translate into being more fit and healthier if I'm still fat, I know I will be but not very believable.  The way I am currently people would never guess that I have been running for 2 months and I want to get to the point where if I tell someone I'm a runner they don't look at me with such a puzzled look.

Getting ready for the race

Well the 5k is this Saturday and I'm pumped for it even if it means running over packed snow.  I didn't get any runs in this weekend as I was out of town and when I got back on Sunday I was still fighting some stuffed sinuses and a cough.  It's better today and I'm hoping for it to be gone in the next day or two.  Not doing spin class this week because I've got something planned that would conflict with it but I think that is a good thing.  My plan is to run 35 mins tonight, tomorrow and wednesday.  Then just a really easy workout on Thursday maybe a couple miles with some walking spread in there.  If I can get outside for any of the runs this week I'm going to try to so I'm more prepared for the race. 

The scale ticked up over the weekend which was to be expected but overall I'm ok with things.  I've lost some discipline lately but not terribly and I know I need to refocus.  The last few weekends have been my down fall and I'm going to concentrate more on watching what I eat and getting in that fifth day of exercise in on the weekend.

Need for speed

Ok speed is a relative term here.  But I've been a little congested lately but still want to work out good yesterday and I thought I would see just how fast I could run one mile.  I didn't make it the full mile and it was just too hard to breathe and get what I needed but for 0.6 miles I was at an 8:02 pace but I feel I could easily have gotten four more laps at this pace as it wasn't too bad on the legs but I was just not getting the air needed.  I walk a bit after that then went and did some fast walking on an incline on the treadmill followed by a little bit of abs and back stregthening.  I've noticed I tend to slouch when I get tired during running and usually try to correct it quickly but it keeps happening and that isn't good for my running so I'm going to incorporate some abs and back work into my daily workouts to improve my posture.  My ab strength has always been poor and I need to improve that and my back strength could use it too.  My dad has a terrible back and I don't want to end up with that.  Cheers to a good weekend.

Feeling Pumped

Yesterday was spin class, I got there early and did some light spinning for about 30 mins prior then did an hour long class.  There was a new instructor and she was brutal, I was trying to keep up and about half way through I had to tell myself to take it down a notch so I didn't destroy my running days coming up.  I'm doing spinning for cross training and not because I want to be an amazing cyclist and so as long as I get a workout and dont' destroy my legs then its a good day.  I really want to try either adding weight training or swimming to my routine.  I'm unsure what I should do for weight training and I want to ease into it.  I used to lift all the time in high school but everytime I've tried to get back into it, I always hit it too hard and then can barely move for like a week and soon after, I give up on working out.  I have to avoid that extreme soreness this time around.

The scale is back to being my friend again and I'm now down 1 lb from where I was last monday and am sitting at about 303.3.  Its incredible that I dropped whatever my body was holding over the weekend in the form of 9 lbs but I don't know where it went.  The usually methods haven't been noticably more frequent and although I've been sweating a lot this week, I've also been drinking a lot of water to backfill.  Crazy, but I like it!

Almost back to normal

So I went to the gym with a goal last night and I hit it and went way faster than I should have but I pushed through and finished it.  I did 35 mins and 3.83 miles and I knew I was running faster but it was just the groove I fell into.  My real goal was to do the 35 mins because I want to make that my new minimum run time and then eventually 40, then 50, then an hour.  If I was up to running an hour on average everytime I went running by the summer, I would be very happy.  I not even worried about the distance just more about getting the time in to build leg strength, fitness, and lose weight. 

The scale responded again this morning and I'm back to being 1 lb above where I weighed in last week and that means I've lost 7 lbs in 2 days so something was definitely acting funny in my system.  I feel better and less sluggish and hopefully might still make my goal by the 5k of being down 30 lbs.  Its going to take a lot of work but if I eat right and stay focused, I'll be ok.  If anything I'd really like to be under 300 by then.  I know its just a number but its one I never want to be associated with before.  I told a friend of mine what I started my weight loss at, and he was shocked that I was over 300.  I'm over 300 now and I've lost 20 lbs.  I just hate this 300 stigma and want to be smaller.  I'm still an instant gratification type guy and I need to lose that part of me to make this journey easier but getting skinny cannot come any sooner, however I'm glad its not because its gives time for this workout addiction to take hold :).

Back in the Saddle

Ok after some time off, I got right back at it yesterday.  I realized I was feeling sluggish due to not exercising and didn't like that feeling.  Although the run was tough, I punched out 30 mins and 3 miles and felt good and good about myself afterwards.  The flushing seems to be helping and clearly a lot of this was my body retaining fluids or something because this morning I was down 4 lbs.  I'm really hoping I'll see another 4 lbs drop in the next few days so I'm back to where I was beginning of last week.  I was worried that I had lost 3 weeks worth of progress and although I may have lost some 3 weeks would be tough to swallow.  I feel better today and am looking forward to getting back out there tonight.  It's pretty nice out too and I was even considering going for an outdoor run to practice for the upcoming 5k.